Car-coupling



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O. U. MEUSEBA'UH.

GAB GOUPLING.,

' No. 325,851. Patented Sept. 8. 1885.

ENTOB l V ITNESSES},

ATTORNEYS.

PETERS, FhokbLitlwgnpher. Washington, D. C.

UNIT D 5 STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

OTTO O. MEUSEBAGH,;OF MARION, TEXAS.

CAR-COUPLING.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,851, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application filed June 26, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO C. lVIEUSEBACH, of Marion, in the county ofGuadalupe and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedCar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of car-couplings inwhich the link is held in the draw-head by a tongue engaging the link;and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the, claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an end view of a car provided with my improved coupler. Fig.2 is a side view of the end part of the car. Fig. 3 is an enlargedlongitudinal sectional view of the draw-head. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional plan view of the same.

The draw-head A is held on the under side of the car B at one end, andis provided with a raised part, 0, 0n the bottom of its cavity. A shaft,D, passed transversely through the draw-head A, has its ends passedthrough guards or guides I at the sides of the car, and the ends of theshaft D are bent rectangularly and provided with weights or ballsE. Onebent end of the said shaft D is connected by a rod, F, with a lever, G,pivoted on the roof of the car.

The coupling-link H has both ends beveled from both sides, and has arecess, H, in the top, whereby the two shoulders or. offsets J areformed.

A tongue, K, of the width of the draw-head, is formed on the shaft'Dwithin the drawhead, and is preferably tapered toward its free end.

The shaft D is journaled behind a shoulder, L, in the top of the cavityof the draw-head.

The link H is also slotted, so that it can be used with the ordinarypin.

The operation is as follows: The weights E on the bent ends of the shaftD tend to swing the-tongue K down in the draw-head, and to press it uponthe link H on the draw-head, as shown in Fig. 3. The rear offset orshoulder, J, engages with the end of the tongue K, thus preventingwithdrawing the link from the draw-head;

To uncouple, the shaft D is turned from the sideor roof of the car insuch a manner as to swing the free or swinging end of the tongue Kupward and toward the rear, thus permitting of withdrawing the link. Theentering link strikes the tongue K, swings the same upward and towardthe rear, and passes unbottom of the u der it, and then the end of thetongue catches on the shoulder or offset J, and thus the link is held.

When the tongue K is swung up and back, the rear end of the link canswing into the cavitybehind the raised part 0. As the shaft D restsagainst the shoulder L on the top of the draw-head, the strain is takenup by the draw-head.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the draw-head A, having theraised portion 6 iii the bottom of its cavity, of the shaft D, journaledin the draw-head and extending to the sides of the car, and providedwith the tongue K, of the same width as the cavity of the draw-head, andhaving its ends bent and provided with weights E. the lever Gr, pivotedon the top of the car, and the rod F, connected to said lever and onebent end of the said shaft, substantially as herein shown and described.

' orro o. MEUSEBAGH.

Witnesses:

E. LUCAS,

T. MEURIN.

